Sentences with phrase «seeing a whale shark»

We chose to go there to see whale sharks and turtles!

When I was last there, one dive boat was lucky enough to see a whale shark simply hanging around one of the wrecks.

Also a fantastic base for seeing whale sharks, the world's largest fish, between June and September.

Divers in the Galápagos regularly see whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, spotted eagle rays, manta rays, sun fish, and many other marine creatures that are on divers» bucket lists.

I've seen whale sharks, tropical fish, dolphins, sharks, colorful reefs, underwater caves, cenotes, and shipwrecks on my travels.

Diving to see the whale sharks is done in relatively shallow water of 60 feet or less.

I was taking a few students on their first dive to a site where you really don't expect to see a whale shark.

Although there are lots of dive sites in Thailand where you can see whale sharks, the nutrient rich waters contain loads of planktons which attracts whale sharks all the time.

You will often see whale sharks, grey tips, barracudas, and manta rays lingering around the areas.

Chances of seeing whale sharks are high in February to May.

Fly to Puerto Princesa City and stay on the idyllic Eastern shore of Palawan to see whale sharks swim underneath some of the clearest waters on Earth.

Sail Rock being the best dive site in the Gulf of Thailand in my personal humble opinion, offering big schools of trevallys, barracudas, batfish lots of small critters and macro on the rock itself and it's a very good dive site to get to see whale sharks.

We hovered for few minutes, hoping to see the whale shark coming back.

Took my advanced course the next month in Koh Tao, saw a whale shark and that is until this day one of the most memorable encounters underwater.

Haven't seen whale sharks in person and I really want to see and even try swimming with them.

In Mexico, manta rays have begun to appear in increasing numbers in the same location where the large aggregation of whale sharks show up every summer to feed (see our whale shark section for more details).

You will see whale sharks, manta rays (the only manta rays in a U.S. aquarium), and thousands of other animals.

When snorkeling alongside a whale shark it is easy to see the whale shark because it swims just below the surface.

And if you have good luck you'll see a whale shark.

La Paz offers some unusual highlights, such as swimming with playful sea lion pups and the chance to see Whale Sharks (harmless plankton eaters, and the largest fish on the planet!).

As the name suggests, Shark - Ray Alley is one of the best places to see sharks and stingrays, while Gladden Spit is the perfect place to see whale sharks, which feed and gather close to the surface.

The 20 or so dive sites are characterised by large rocky seamounts, colourful corals and reefs with plenty of marine life for you to enjoy, including chances to see whale sharks.

The dive sites of Koh Samui include the famous Sail Rock and are characterised by submerged pinnacles, large rocky seamounts, colourful corals and reefs with plenty of marine life for you to enjoy, including good chances to see whale sharks.

Chabil Mar, the award - winning resort on the Placencia Peninsula, offers visitors a chance to see whale sharks up close and personal with their Belize whale shark diving package.

You can go see the Whale sharks or come on a free morning tour to Tuquoise Bay and afternoon to Cape Range.

We did see a whale shark which was pretty special!

If you're visiting between May and September, take a boat trip to see some whale sharks.

Diving was excellent (saw a whale shark!)

We continue to discourage everyone from seeing the whale sharks in Oslob until they switch to sustainable tourism practices.

I've seen dolphins swimming around the boat, and if you're there in the right season (April - May) you can see the whale sharks and swim with them too.

You will see whale sharks, dolphins, manta rays, beluga whales, African penguins, sea otters, and many species of exotic marine animals and fish.

The best time to see whale sharks is between February and May when there is a higher concentration of plankton.

Not exact matches

The research traces its origins to one summer day in 2007, when a worker on a Maersk Oil platform in the Al Shaheen oil field off the coast of Qatar saw a surprising sight: a group of roughly 100 whale sharks feeding near the surface.

This «free» meal is too good to pass up for whale sharks, which can be seen feeding on the baitfish around the bagans all year round.

The mere presence of filter feeders as large as Tamisiocaris suggests that Cambrian ecosystems were much more productive than previously recognized, the researchers contend: As seen in modern species as diverse as fish, sharks, and whales, large animals can successfully exploit small prey only when they can be sieved from the environment in great concentrations.

They usually eat fish, but a group of dusky sharks have been seen ganging up on a baby humpback whale, suggesting attacks may be more common than we thought

For a couple of hours the humpback whale calf swam in circles, pursued by between 10 and 20 sharks, says cinematographer Morne Hardenberg, who witnessed the encounter (see top picture).

Adult whale sharks were not seen at the site, which may serve as a «staging ground» for juveniles before they move on to regional aggregations of larger sharks.

The East African humpback whale population is growing, so we might see more shark attacks in future, Dicken's paper suggests.

To address this challenge, researchers harnessed modern technology, creating an online photo database called Wildbook for Whale Sharks and enlisted the help of ecotourists and citizens across the globe to upload any images of whale sharks they happened to see or encounter anywhere in the wWhale Sharks and enlisted the help of ecotourists and citizens across the globe to upload any images of whale sharks they happened to see or encounter anywhere in the Sharks and enlisted the help of ecotourists and citizens across the globe to upload any images of whale sharks they happened to see or encounter anywhere in the wwhale sharks they happened to see or encounter anywhere in the sharks they happened to see or encounter anywhere in the world.

The major new characters, most of whom are seen at least briefly in the new trailer, include Dory's parents Jenny (Diane Keaton) and Charlie (Eugene Levy); Ty Burrell as Bailey, a beluga whale; Kaitlin Olson as Destiny, a whale shark who is Dory's adopted sister; and Ed O'Neill as Hank, «an ill - tempered octopus.»

The moment we first saw a massive whale shark glide slowly by?

The drop into the channel offers breathtaking seascapes views and chance to see pelagics, whale sharks are known to visit Molokini (see this youtube video).

Three genetically different killer whale ecotypes can be seen in the Monterey Bay: the mammal - eating transient killer whales, the fish and shark - eating offshore killer whales, and the salmon - eating Southern Resident killer whales.

In fact, from Darwin Island the largest whale sharks in the world can be seen from August to November.

It's not the kind of place where you'll see a vast amount of huge marine life like manta rays or whale sharks, but anyone interested in nudibrachs, corals, and anemones should consider a dive in Grenada.

Swim with the famous whale sharks, or see the dolphins, manta rays, turtles, dugong and humpback whales.

Just some of the creatures that you are likely to see during your visit are yellow tang, raccoon butterfly fish, whale sharks and frigate birds.

Among the Turtles we often encounter banded sea snakes, nudiebranchs, lionfish of many variations, scorpionfish, leaf scorpionfish, white reef sharks and on the lucky days we see mantas, eagle rays and yes whale sharks!!!

Groups of whale sharks have only rarely been seen.